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locking

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

2

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

5

anguish; mortification

1

pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum

1

wailing; lamentation

8

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

2

sounds

3

to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

1

the coming days

4

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

1

battle cry

1

unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly

1

bow and stern

2

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

2

high mountain; alpine mountain

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

4

close siege

1

day by day; every day; by the day

1

destruction; ruination

1

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

3

arrow; wedge; chock

5

skin and bones

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

2

(lamp) wick

1

emotional strength; force of will

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

2

Bata

1

decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

3

wisteria vine

9

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

3

exposure to the sun; sunny place

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

morning sun; sunrise

4

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

1

morning sun

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

3

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

1

to look upward

2

idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation

1

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

1

(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

1